## Sefer HaMiddot, Public Officials

###### Sefer HaMiddot, Public Officials 1
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א. מִי שֶׁסָּבְאוֹ מָהוּל בְּמַיִם, הַשָּׂרִים אֵינָם נוֹהֲגִים עִמּוֹ בְּיַשְׁרָנוּת.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
When a person sells diluted wine, public officials will treat him unfairly.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Public Officials 2
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ב. מִי שֶׁאֵין דָּן אֶת חֲבֵרוֹ לְכַף זְכוּת, כְּאִלּוּ הֲרָגוֹ, גַּם הַשָּׂרִים אֵינָם נוֹהֲגִים עִמּוֹ בְּיַשְׁרָנוּת.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Not judging a fellow Jew favorably is tantamount to killing him. One who does so will be treated unjustly by public officials.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Public Officials 3
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ג.. אֲמִירַת הַלֵּל וּצְדָקָה מְסֻגָּלִין לְחֵן בְּעֵינֵי הַשָּׂר.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Reciting the *Hallel* prayer and giving charity are a *segulah* for finding favor in the eyes of public officials.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Public Officials 4
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ד. עַל יְדֵי אֲכִילַת פַּת עַכּוּ"ם מוֹנְעִין הַיַּעַר מִלַּחְטב עֵצִים.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Eating bread baked by a non-Jew causes [those in charge] to prohibit using the forest to chop firewood.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Public Officials 5
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ה. בִּשְׁבִיל אַרְבָּעָה דְּבָרִים נִכְסֵי בַּעֲלֵי בָּתִּים נִמְסָרִים לַמַּלְכוּת.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
There are four things that cause a person’s possessions to be handed over to the government: [holding on to a paid IOU, charging usury for lending money, being in a position to object to some wrongdoing and not doing so, and pledging charity in public but not giving it].